Heidi

Mom, desperately trying to get the health thing right! I started this blog so that I can pass along all the great things that I learn everyday on damage control for our wonderful bodies. It is tough to keep up sometimes with all the things going on in our daily lives so hopefully some of the helpful hints that I provide can make your life easier and healthier. I welcome your comments and tips as well! I am a vegetarian, animal rights advocate and avid animal rescuer.

Sometimes I get the greatest and informative emails and this is one of them on all the ways that you can use a cucumber to combat some small problems naturally. I am all for finding any way possible to use as few chemicals as possible. I did a post awhile back on how good cucumbers are for your body and now just look!!!!!! Wooohoooo! I am going to buy more cucumbers (plus my guinea pigs love them)!!!

This information was in The New York Times several weeks ago as part of their "Spotlight on the Home" series that highlightedcreative and fanciful ways to solve common problems.

2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pickup a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydratesthat can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing acucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide asoothing, spa-like fragrance.

4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices ina small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. Thechemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scentundetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.

5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out orto the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problemarea for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause thecollagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing thevisibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!

6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumberslices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumberscontain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essentialnutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both ahangover and headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge?Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, tradersand explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.

8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that youdon't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that notonly looks great but also repels water.

9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber sliceand rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!

10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to thespa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, thechemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling waterand be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that hasbeen shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students duringfinal exams.

11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints?Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with yourtongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will killthe bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainlesssteel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean,not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but iswon't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while youclean.

13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber andslowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons andmarkers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!

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I’m not a doctor, therapist, nutritionist or anything of the like(would probably be nice but I'm not) . Anything I’ve written here is to tell you about my experiences and what has worked for me or general information. It isn’t advice. I’m not telling you to do any of these things. I just want to pass on what has helped me and hope that you enjoy this blog.